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Greece Shuts Down Public Broadcaster ERT, But Journalists Keep Streaming News In a surprise move, the Greek government abruptly closed public broadcaster ERT on Tuesday. According to the network, 2,656 employees have been laid off as a result. TV screens went dark in the evening, but journalists from the broadcaster remained defiant, continuing to stream live news programming throughout the night as protesters gathered in front of ERT’s Athens headquarters. A live stream ...
June 12, 2013 - Deadline Hollywood

Greece suspends state broadcaster ERT: reports MADRID (MarketWatch) -- The Greek government shut down its state broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), putting 2,500 employees out of work and triggering thousands to protest outside ERT's headquarters. The BBC reported that viewers watched the main TV channel go black on Tuesday evening. ERT , which runs three domestic TV channels, four national radio stations, three ...
June 12, 2013 - Market Watch

Greece Shuts Down State Broadcaster ERT In a surprise move that angered labor unions, the coalition government said the state-run broadcaster, ERT, was a “haven of waste.”
June 11, 2013 - New York Times

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Jorma Ollila in MarketWatch ERT Chairman Jorma Ollila, Chairman of Shell and Nokia, stated that "Companies of ERT members sustain around 6.6 million jobs in the region and our industries are highly dependent on access to a skilled MST workforce. MST is the basis for innovation...

Vangelis in Jewish Telegraphic Agency ...who decided that the telethon money should go to a hospital that turned out to be fictitious, the president of ERT/NET, the TV station that broadcast the program, Vangelis Panagopoulos, told JTA that "ERT does not organize these things but...

Eggert Magnusson in Times Online I feel very healthy,MagnÃºsson said. "But when I go back to Iceland for a day, people come up to me and say, 'Egg-ert, you look very tired, you should get some holiday.' No time for that now. Maybe a weekend away later in the year....